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John Garamendi: “If you are around here long enough, your mind can go in 1-minute sections, and I was right on the 1 minute and 15. I…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2019
If you are around here long enough, your mind can go in 1-minute sections, and I was right on the 1 minute and 15. I will try to close very quickly on this in the next few seconds. Mr. Chair, this amendment doesn't stop the ground-based system from going forward. It simply gives us, the decisionmakers, the opportunity to make a very informed decision about when we must renew this system. There is clear evidence, clear discussion in various areas, that an additional period of time is available before we initiate and go full bore into the new ground-based system. Let's get information. Let's get knowledge.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Jul 11, 2019

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